The allocation of over €500,000 in funding to three local development companies (LDCs) in the southwest of the country for farm and community biodiversity
Minister Hackett announces the results of Call for new locally-led Farm and Community Biodiversity Initiatives • Approved projects spread across the whole country
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett today announced the results of an Open Call for Farm and Community Biodiversity Initiatives. 24 groups, of the 54 which responded to the Call, have been chosen to implement their projects over the next 18 months.
Listing the projects which have been allocated funding, the Minister stated,
“I am very excited to see the wonderful projects that this Call is going to fund. It is really positive to see the ideas so many small farm and community groups have come up with to impact positively on their own local environment. I am delighted with the range of projects which have been successful and also with the way they spread across the country. The response we got to the call proves there is huge concern about and int
Valentia Lighthouse Reopens with New Visitor Experience in County Kerry
25th May 2021
Valentia Island Lighthouse in County Kerry
Valentia Island Lighthouse has announced the launch of a new visitor experience, ‘Leading Lights at Cromwell Point’ and the re-opening for the 2021 season.
‘Leading Lights at Cromwell Point’ will deliver a whole new experience to the visitors, a journey through time and history, featuring the bronze age standing stone, the 17th century well preserved Cromwellian fort, the Lightkeeper’s House with a 1920’s feel, and the Lighthouse Tower with fantastic 360-degree views of the area and across the Atlantic Ocean. The visitors will learn about how life was for people living on the edge of Europe and in particular what was like for a lightkeeper to live at the Lighthouse with his family. The rich history of the area is also presented at the Lighthouse from early Christianity until modern days. There is also a new Eco-room that displays informati
Groof capitalization approved for a new coaching session in UK, NL, Ireland, and Germany
The Groof capitalization initiative has been approved by the Interreg NWE program. Our new initiative is all about supporting more sustainable greenhouse projects through individual and collective coaching. We will support your project’s development to increase your chances of success and improve its potential of CO2 saving. For this call, any sustainable greenhouse project in connection to a building or a city can apply, our scope is not exclusive to rooftop projects anymore, the organization announces.
This time, they will target 4 new countries: the UK, The Netherlands, Ireland, and Germany. They welcome 1 new partner and 2 associated partners who are now joining the consortium to work on the initiative.